Multimedia Hardware and Software
by TEO ZHI QIANG

1. 4 stages in a multimedia project
1.1. Planning and Costing
1.2. Designing and Producing
1.3. Testing
1.4. Delivering
2. What You Need-The Intangibles
2.1. Creativity
2.2. Organization
2.3. Communication
3. What You Need-Multimedia Skills
3.1. Project Manager
3.2. Multimedia Designer
3.3. Interface Designer
3.4. Writer
3.5. Audio / Video Specialist
3.6. Multimedia Programmer
4. What You Need-Hardware
4.1. Production platforms
4.2. windows vs. Macintosh
4.3. Connections
4.4. IDE
4.5. USB
4.6. FireWire
4.7. Memory and storage devices
4.8. Input devices
4.9. Output devices
5. What You Need-Software
5.1. Text editing and word processing tools
5.2. OCR software
5.3. Painting tools
5.4. Drawing tools
5.5. 3-D modeling tools
5.6. Image editing tools
5.7. Sound editing tools
5.8. Authoring tools
5.8.1. Card & Page-based Authoring tools
5.8.2. Icon & Object-based Authoring tools
5.8.3. Time-based Authoring tool